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“#The world endured 2 extra heatwave days per decade since 1950 – but the worst is yet to come” Credit: Shutterstock The term “heatwave” is no stranger to Australians. Defined as when conditions are excessively hot for at least three days in a row, these extreme temperature events have always punctuated our climate. With many…
“#New group of trapdoor spiders discovered in eastern Australia” Cryptoforis hughesae from Brisbane, subadult male. Credit: Jeremy Wilson A new group of trapdoor spiders that builds burrows hidden by camouflaged doors has been discovered in eastern Australia. One of the almost 20 new species found in this group occurs in the suburbs of Brisbane. The…
“#Warmer summers risk chilling energy bill hikes at supermarkets” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new report from Imperial and Sainsbury’s outlines how well-managed fridges can keep food cooler, be greener, and cut costs. The conditions of summer of 2018, with record breaking temperatures and 650 additional deaths in England and Wales, are likely to be…
“#Harvesting hydrogen from nanogardens” Credit: HIMS Easily produced, nature-like nanostructures of cobalt phosphide are highly effective catalysts for the electrolysis of water, according to research performed by chemist Ning Yan and his team at the University of Amsterdam’s Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences together with co-workers from the School of Physics and Technology…
“#How to get rid of the coffee-stain effect” Credit: University of Twente The coffee-stain effect is a well-known effect in physics and daily life in which a dark-colored edge remains when a fluid containing particles evaporates. This is caused by an “avalanche” of particles moving to the outer edge, University of Twente scientists showed in…
“#Governments working with one hand tied when it comes to data on vulnerable groups” Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new discussion paper published in Policy Sciences by two Leiden researchers claims that governments are working with one hand tied when it comes to data on vulnerable groups. At the core of this paper is the…
“#Civil society groups that mobilized around COVID-19 face important choices” Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Civil society groups have played an important role in responding to the COVID-19 social crisis in South Africa. Examples include the “community action networks” in Cape Town and Gauteng, as well as similar initiatives in more rural areas, such as the…
“#Researchers solve a 60-year-old puzzle about a superhard material” Researchers have cracked a 1960s puzzle about the crystal structure of a superhard tungsten boride. Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech researchers, together with their industrial colleagues and academic partners, have cracked a 1960s puzzle about the crystal structure of a superhard tungsten boride that can…
“#Image: Hubble captures one galaxy, two asteroids” Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; J. Cannon (Macalester College) At first sight, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope portrays the sparkling stars of AGC111977, a dwarf galaxy located around 15 million light years away and visible in the lower left part of the image. Other galaxies appear…
“#Enhancing the performance of solar cells with ‘graphene armor’” Figure 1. Electrode platform consisting of CEP film and a GCEP. (a) The GCEP fabrication process and (b, c) digital images of GCEP. Credit: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has come up with a novel electrode that…